Looking for ways to connect to the community? Check out these upcoming events in Give Pulse.
Click the link below each event to register. Questions about an event? Reach out to the organizer through the link on their GivePulse page.
Don’t forget to submit your impact in GivePulse when you’re done!
Featured Opportunities:
Overdose Awareness Day
Listed by APhA-ASP
Date: Friday, August 29, (Multiple Shifts)
Register: https://givepul.se/mmqcje
About the Event:
This is a community event that serves everyone from those in recovery to family members needing a safe place to remember their loved ones. This event will serve populations that are having hardship from a loved one who suffered a drug overdose and will help educate the community about the risks of drug overdose.
Students should wear scrubs, white coat, and name tag. Students are not required to bring any equipment.
Friday Game Day
Listed by Ridgemont Manor Inc
Date: Friday, August 29 – Friday December 19 (Multiple Shifts)
Register: https://www.givepulse.com/event/654973-friday-game-day
About the Event:
Volunteers are needed to assist with games and recreational activities for seniors. The ultimate goal is to bring light and happiness to an awesome group of lively senior citizens. Please join us in elevating, uplifting, and exposing residents to creative and fun activities.
Outreach Volunteer
Listed by Soulsville Health Outreach
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 – Thursday December 18 (Multiple Shifts)
Register: https://givepul.se/cm8hb7
About the Event:
This volunteer role will help distribute food and hygiene items to our most vulnerable population. Volunteers will assist with refilling coffee and sugar, handing out food, and cleaning up after services end.
This role takes place on the porch of our Outreach Center with the volunteer working behind a table distributing items.
Volunteers should dress comfortably and for the weather.
Check-in takes place outside at our Outreach back door.
Mobile Food Pantry
Listed by Catholic Charities of West Tennessee
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 – Thursday December 18 (Multiple Shifts)
Register: https://givepul.se/a7nunu
About the Event:
Join us in this fun direct service event that helps those in need in our community!
The hours for this volunteer shift are 8:30 am- 11 am possibly ending sooner. Volunteer check-in will take place daily at 8:30 am in the parking lot behind our main building and distribution will begin at 9 am. We will be working outside serving boxes of food in a mobile food distribution.
Volunteer roles include collecting data, loading food boxes into cars, and directing traffic. This entire shift takes place out of doors! We ask volunteers to dress comfortably and for the weather.
Our work is needed now more than ever, and we hope you can join us!
The events highlighted are open to anyone but might require additional training or information after registration. If you have a volunteer activity that you would like to highlight on this digest, please email the Office of Leadership and Service at community@uthsc.edu.
Did you know that community engagement and volunteer service is part of our strategic plan? Tell us about your community impact in GivePulse today! Find new opportunities, connect with community, and help us as we work toward Healthy Tennesseans, Thriving Communities!